CHE 131 Lecture 11, 2/15/20061The Bohr ModelLecture eleven (Chapter seven)Benjamin S. HsiaoDepartment of ChemistryStony Brook UniversityPhotonsa quantum, unit, of electromagnetic energya BoxA ParticleInfinite high wallsWhat happens when you put the particle in the box?If the particle just acted like a ball in a regular box it would just sit on the bottom or if it had some excess energy it might bounce around a bit.But we want to model a particle in a very small box andunder such circumstances the particle acts like a wave.A particleinMass = mLength = LE0h28mL21A particlein a box

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